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sensationalizing

sensationalizing is the present participle and gerund of sensationalize.

Meaning of sensationalize

Verb

sensationalize (third-person singular simple present sensationalizes, present participle sensationalizing, simple past and past participle sensationalized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.

Questions about sensationalizing

What is sensationalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Sensationalizing is the present participle and gerund of sensationalize.

Words near sensationalizing in the dictionary

  1. sensationalize
  2. sensationalized
  3. sensationalizer
  4. sensationalizers
  5. sensationalizes
  6. sensationalizing
  7. sensationally
  8. sensationalness
  9. sensationary
  10. sensationism
  11. sensationist

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